Delivery mechanism for sheet-feed rotary presses.



Patented Nov; 6, 1917.

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HOWARD M.- BARBEE, or sToNINGTON, coNNEOTiOUT, AssIGNon To o. B. OOTTEELLa soNs COMPANY, or NEW YORK, N. Y A CORPORATION OE DELAWARE.

DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR YSI-IllET-FIEEIl) ROTARY PRESSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

A Application filed September 21, 1915. Serial No. l51,787'.

ToaZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD M. BARBER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Stonington, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Delivery Mechanism for Sheet-F eed Rotary Presses, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a delivery mechanism for printing presses which'will successfully deliver sheets of various sizes and with various arrangements of margins either continuous or staggered, without smutting or smearing the printed matter on said sheets. Y

The invention includes a delivery cylinder having marginal risers which can be so arranged as to support the printed ,sheet by its vmargins only and thus space 4the freshly printed face of the sheet from the surface of the delivery cylinder. y

The invention also includes means for maintaining control of the printed sheet untilits head has been engaged by the delivery carrier grippers.

The invention also includes means arranged to feed in slip sheets 1f so desired,

toibo associated with the printed sheets as theylare engaged by the grippers. i Y

The invention includes also means for retarding thefsheets from their back edges as they are released by the delivery 'carrier grippers, said retarding means being adjustable for different lengths of sheets and comprises coacting rotaryV andoscillating members for engaging `the sheets.

delivery carrierV A practical embodiment of my invention Y is representedY in the accompanying, drawings in which, Y

Figure 1 is adetail vertical section taken from front to rear through a sheet feed rotary printing press embodying 'my invention.

Figg is an extension of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail view similar to Fig.;` 1,

taken inanother plane.

Fig. it is an extension ofthe same.

through the machinefy n Fig. -6 isK .gfn. extensionl ofi the same.

Fig. 5 .is a detailf horizontal @Section f retarding mechanism. c'.

rig. '7 is a detail side Vview of the sheet Y Fig.` 9` is a detail section showing the coacting rotary and oscillating members of the retarding mechanism in another position from that shown in the other figures.

Fig, ilQisa 'plan view of the vsheet show-V Y ing certain of its longitudinal margins stag-v margins.

F ig. 1l is a detail vertical section at. the rear end of the endless delivery carrier, and

Fig. l2 is an enlarged detail section through 'one'of the marginal risers, showing the means for securing the same to the delivery cylinder. i i v The impression cylinder is denoted byl and its plate cylindersrbyV 2. The impression and plate cylinders and the means, suchas the cylinder 3, for feeding sheets thereto` may be of any well known and apgered with respect/to theother longitudinal proved construction and no speciticwdescrip-V tion thereof will be given.

Patented Nov. 6,191 7.

T he sheet deliveryy mechanismv for the,

press includes a rotary delivery cylinder 4,l mounted on a suitable shaft 5 and provided with a` set of grippers 6, which grippersy are arranged to take the head of the printed sheet from"the impression cylinder l, with.'

the printed sider of the sheet toward the de# livery cylinder and to deliver the sheetv printed side up to the grippers 7 of a cylinder 8 mounted on the shaft 9. Theslip sheets 'are fed in from the table l0 by the Y grippers ll of the rotary cylinder 12 mountc edon the shaft 13, whichgrippers 1'1V co9l act with the grippers? to transfer a slip sheet thereto before the printed vsheet is transferred to said grippers 7 by the grip- In` the pers 6 of the delivery cylinder. present instance I have shown the cylinder 8 as provided with two sets of grippers 7.

An endless delivery carrier 14 is provided i'. at intervals with grippers l5 arranged .to take the advance edges of the associated.,

slipV and printedl Vsheets and convey the" sheets to a point over the delivery table 16.1

Aram 17 is providedfor openingl the grippersl5 to receive therassociated slip and.y

printed sheetsffrom thegrippers 7, and af cam 18 is providedforopeningthe delivery.

carrier grippers .15 t atY the proper time to relea'segthe advance edges of the associated.

printed and slip sheets toV permit t1ie`n1'ztolf dropon-to the kdelivery table l16.V

" Tiisiatter :fesait may gins 19, 20, lengthwise of the trav-el of the sheet, and also with shorter Vmargins 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, lengthwise ot' the travel oic the sheet and arranged in staggered order intermediate the continuous side margins. It frequently occurs in printing that the margins lengthwise ot the travel of the sheet are not continuous from the head to the tail of the sheet, and it is to provide means for successfully passing a sheet ot this character around the delivery cylinder Without smutting the freshly printed sheet that one phase of my invention is directed.

To accomplish this result, the delivery cylinder T' is provided With a plurality of marginal risers Which are adjustable both laterally and circumferentially on the cylinder and which correspond in length and position to the margins on the sheets to be de livered. 1n the present instance the marginal risers 26, 27, are arranged to engage the continuous side margins 19, 20 of the sheet illustrated, While the marginal risers 2S, 29, 30, 31, 3Q, are arranged to engage the shorter margins 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 respectively of the sheet; the sheet thus being supported lengthwise thereof by its continuous and staggered margins as it passes around the cylinder il.

The means which 1 have shown for holding the marginal risers in position around the surface of the cylinder includes clamping plates 86 engaging'the risers, slidable shoes 37, spirally arranged undercut grooves 3S in the face oi the cylinder and clamping screivs 39 engaging the plates and shoes.

This arrangement it Will be seen will permit the very rapid positioning of the marginal risers on the cylinder' and Will also permit the rapid insertion of risers of the desired lengths and in the desired number to correspond With'sheets having diderent arrangements of the margins, Whether continuous or staggered. 'i

l provide means for maintaining control of the sheets on the delivery cylinder after the advance edges of the sheets have been released bythe grippers 6, said means in the presentinstance, comprising series of friction rollers 0 carried by springactuated rock levers tl pivoted at d2 to arms 43 ad` justable laterally along the crossbar 4A: and

`held in the desired adjustment by the set screws l5. lie desired amount of pressure which these rollers 40 exert upon the marginal risers is adjusted by means of springs d6. It is understood that there may be one or Amore of these rollers t() 'for each of the marginal risers, two being shown in the accompanying drawings, and also that these'rollers 'may be prevented from press= ing against thedia'ce of they ride @fr therapie ofthe marginal risers.

tive vintermediate the cylinder when be accomplished 'bymounted in depending portions suitable adjustable stops eli', carried by the arms and arranged to be engaged by the tail pieces Li8 on the rock levers 41. VItis intended that these. rollers e0 should coact unh the marginal risers to maintain control ot' the printed sheets until the heads of the sheets are engaged by the delivery car- Y rier grippers 15,

Another l'eature oiL-my invention is the means for retarding the sheets from their bach edges, which means can be readily adet' the delivery carrier grippers, so thatv when the advance edges of the sheets are released by the delivery carrier grippers 15 and the tail ends of the sheets are engaged by the coasting rotary and oscillating members, thespeed of the sheet Will be materially reduced by the retarding device bei-ore it is disengaged bv the retarding device and permitted to fall on to the table 16. This retarding device is constructed, arranged and operated as follows:

i carriage comprising frames e9, 50, connected by cross-'bars 51, is vadjustable along the delivery carrier 14 by means of stationary racks 52, 58, at the sides of the machine, which racks are engaged by gears 5st, 55, ivhich gears mesh With pinions 56, 57, fixed en a shaft 58 having an operating hand Wheel 59 at one side of the machine. A rotary shai't 60 is journaled in the side frames 49, oiLl the carriage, which shaft is driven throughbevel gears 61, 62, from a shaft 63,

vvhich shaftin turn is driven through bevel 66. from the shaft 6T. The gear gears 6d, 65, 62 has a sliding interlocked engagement with the shaft 63, so Vthat after the shaft 60 with its bevel gear 61, has been adjusted by the movement of the carriage to the desired position, the bevel gear 62 may be brought into mesh with the bevel gear 61 and secured in such position by the set screw 68.

The cross-shaft 60 is provided WithV one or more rotary retarding members, each member comprising a, rotary arm 69 carrying a spring-actuated yielding rock lever 70 provided with a stud or` roller 71 at its free end. This lever is held yieldingly at the limit of its forward movement bv means of a spring '72 anda stop 73 on the arm 69 which coacts -vvith a tail piece 74 on the lever 70. This rotary arm 69 may be provided vvith a counter-balance 75. An oscillating member eoacts withy each of thefrotary members, which oscillating member com.- prises anarm 76 havin a curved surface 7 7 atits free end arrange tocoact With a stud or roller 71 of the rotary member', This rock ar'in76 is fixed to a rock shaft 78 of the ,side

frames 49, 50. rIhe rock arm 76 is oscillated by the rotary shaft 60, through a cam 79, the groove 8O of Which engages a stud or roller 81 carried by a connecting rod 82, one end ot which is connected to an arm 83 fixed to the roch shaft 78, and the other biturcated end of which slid-ably embraces the rotary shaft 60.

The rear joggers for the sheets are denoted by 8%, and they are fixed to a rock shaft 85, and are oscillated by the rock arm S3, through a pin and slot connection S6, 87, between the arm 8B and an arm 88 iiXed to the rock shaft 85.

T he relative movement ot' the rotary member and the oscillating member is such that the stud or roller 71 of the rotary member Will come into coaction With the curved surface 77 of the oscillating member with the printed and slip sheets between them, at substantially the point shown in Fig. 9, and Will release the sheets at substantially the point shown in the other gures. rIhe side trames 49, 50, of the carriage mayV have anti-friction bearings 89, if so desired.

By the adjustment of the retarding device along` the endless delivery carrier, I am enabled to properly position the device with respect to sheets of varying lengths so that the tail ends of the sheets will be acted upon by the retarding device to slow down the sheets as they are. released from the delivery carrier grippers 15.

T he cam mechanism for operating the gippers on the cylinders L1, 8 and 12, may be or' any Well known or approved form and will not be specifically described herein, it being understood that they are arranged to operate the grippers at the proper times to insure the travel of the sheets through the prescribed paths.

It is intended that the driving connections between the several parts may be arranged to drive the parts at the proper relative speeds, and as such driving mechanism may be ot any Well knovvn or approved form, no specific description of the same will be given herein.

rllhe features of this invention shown and described but not claimed herein, relating to the slip sheeting mechanism, forms the subject matter otl my divisional application Serial No. 78662, filed February 16, 1916.

It is also obvious that When I refer to the elements 4:, 8 and 12, as cylinders, I

wish to include by such term reels or other equivalent means, and thatralso by the term grippers I intend to include any equivalent means.

TVV hat I claim is:

1. A sheet delivery mechanism for printing presses including an endless sheet delivery carrier and its grippers, means for transferring sheets thereto and means for retarding the sheets from their back edges as they are released from the delivery carrier grippers, said retarding means including coacting oscillating and rotating members, the retarding means being adjustable to diierent lengths of sheets.

2. A sheet delivery mechanism for printing presses including an endless sheet de? livery carrier and its grippers, means tor transferring shee-ts thereto, and means for retarding the sheets from their back edges as they are released from the delivery carrier grippers, said retarding means including coacting members ha vring a yielding engagement with the tail ends ot the sheets, the retarding means being adjustable to different lengths of sheets.

3. A sheet delivery mechanism for printing presses including an endless sheet delivery carrier and its grippers, means for transferring sheets thereto and means for retarding the sheets from their back edges as they are released Jfrom the delivery carrier grippers, said retarding means including an oscillating member and a rotary member having a. yielding portion arranged to coact with the oscillating member to grip the tail ends of the sheets.

et. A. sheet delivery mechanism for printing presses including an endless sheet delivery carrier and its grippers, means for transferring sheets thereto and means for retarding the sheets from their back edges as they are released from the delivery carrier grippers, said retarding means including an oscillating member and a rotary member having a yielding portion arranged to coact with the oscillating member to grip the tail ends ot the sheets, the retarding means being adjustable to di'erent lengths of sheets.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this eighth day of September, A. D. 1915.

HOWARD M. BARBER.

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